.25 Cal (Quarter Bore) / Big Game Success - 25 Creed, 25-284, 25-06, 25 PRC, 25 SAUM

[bmart2622]

Yeah, less velocity and less effective range and very marginal price difference when you reload but to each their own, good to have options

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

How far are you fixing to shoot? Inside 500 yards no animal is going to notice the couple hundred less fps from the -06. Beyond 500 with the right load they're both capable of 1,000 yards and you're dialing by then anyways.

Just a quick search for brass on Ammoseek shows $65/20 ($3.25/piece) of .257 Wby unprimed brass. New .25-06 brass is tough to come by, but you can get new or 1x fired brass in .30-06 or .270 for less than 1.75/piece and neck it down. You can get range brass for waaaaay less than $1.75.

Love all the .25s, but even if you're reloading the wthby is going to cost more to shoot.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Yeah, less velocity and less effective range and very marginal price difference when you reload but to each their own, good to have options

Lol

 

[bmart2622]

Yeah its going to cost more but comparing new brass to range brass really isnt an apples to apples comparison, but I also wouldn't say that the 2506 is a fraction of the cost to shoot. I also wouldn't shoot game at 1000yds with either but the 2506 is running out of steam before the 257 does

 

[sierracharlie338]

For poops and giggles, all things being the same with the exception of speed… MV pulled from factory ammo on both, not handloads.

25/06


257WB

 

[bmart2622]

Yep, just as I said

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

For poops and giggles, all things being the same with the exception of speed… MV pulled from factory ammo on both, not handloads.

25/06
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257WB
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What app is that?

 

[sierracharlie338]

Yep, just as I said

100 yards isn’t much man

 

[bmart2622]

Nope but more is more!!

 

[Pickettpuncher]

For poops and giggles, all things being the same with the exception of speed… MV pulled from factory ammo on both, not handloads.

25/06
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257WB
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Sometimes the juice ain’t worth the squeeze. Brass cost 3x as much as 25-06, another 20 grains per shot of powder, recoil is doubled, for 100 yards? Nah.

 

[sierracharlie338]

What app is that?

Ballistic AE

 

[bmart2622]

Cool, dont shoot a weatherby then

 

[sierracharlie338]

Nope but more is more!!

Nobody disagreed just said it wasn’t a huge margin

 

[Wapiti1]

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25-06, 110 eld-x on an average size muley doe at 300 yards

Is that all that was left after the shot?

Jeremy

 

[B23]

I say this all the time. When God sat down and thought what’s the perfect cartridge to kill deer with he spoke the 25-06 into existence.

Now see I heard the big guy up above only says that to not offend all those old guys that still believe everything 06 related is the greatest but he actually hunts with a fast twist 25 SAUM.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Now see I heard the big guy up above only says that to not offend all those old guys that still believe everything 06 related is the greatest but he actually hunts with a fast twist 25 SAUM.

I still want to build a 25 SAUM, not gonna lie.

 

[FLS]

Now see I heard the big guy up above only says that to not offend all those old guys that still believe everything 06 related is the greatest but he actually hunts with a fast twist 25 SAUM.

Blasphemy.

 

[Unclecroc]

Now see I heard the big guy up above only says that to not offend all those old guys that still believe everything 06 related is the greatest but he actually hunts with a fast twist 25 SAUM.

Yung pups and their fancy whizbangers. While not old physically, mentally and at heart I am and old codger sometimes.

 

[treydfoster]

25-06 Utah 23. 700 BDL

 

[Grundy53]

I have a couple of quarter bores at a smith right now getting new barrels with faster twists. I want to use heavier match bullets.

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